Are the Tigers a Contenders or Pretenders? Comparing 2026 to Years Past

On October 22, 2022, LSU Football posted a clip of then-head coach Brian Kelly in the locker room saying, “October is for pretenders. November is for contenders.” Kelly told this to his 6-2 team following a 45-20 win over a seventh-ranked, Lane Kiffin-led Ole Miss. The next game the Tigers played would go down as […]